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Cleopatra
Directed by
J. Gordon Edwards
1917
2h 5m
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6.6
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The story of Cleopatra, the fabulous queen of Egypt, and the epic romances between her and the greatest men of Rome, Julius Caesar and Antony.
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Cast of Cleopatra
Theda Bara
Cleopatra
Fritz Leiber
Caesar
Thurston Hall
Antony
Alan Roscoe
Pharon (as Albert Roscoe)
Herschel Mayall
Ventidius
Dorothy Drake
Charmian
Delle Duncan
Iras
Henri De Vries
Octavius Caesar
Art Acord
Kephren
Hector Sarno
Messenger
Genevieve Blinn
Octavia
Cleopatra Ratings & Reviews
Photoplay
Randolph Bartlett and Kitty Kelly
Cleopatra should have been a magnificent spectacle; the Fox picture is merely garish. Cleopatra herself was an irresistible little siren; Theda Bara is merely brazen in a ponderous manner.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Eagle Staff
The word stupendous has been overworked by the motion picture producers that one hesitates about using it, but this is the only word that suits William Fox's production of Cleopatra.
New York Post
New York Post Staff
As the Siren, Miss Bara makes the most of her opportunity. Her wonderful consumes are an imposing feature, albeit a bit scanty it would seem, to have required the services of ten seamstresses, as claimed by the producers.
New York Times
NYT Staff
[Bara] contributes a thoroughly successful portrait of "the serpent of the Nile, the siren of the ages, and the eternal feminine," in the words of the screen, and thus does the ill-starred Queen of Egypt become the well-starred queen of movies.
Motography
Helen Rockwell
Some few thousands of people are represented in the big scenes which are especially noteworthy, some scenes of the "Feast of Isis" being particularly beautiful. Everything has been done on a very large scale.
Motion Picture Herald (Exhibitors Herald)
EH Staff
Miss Bara achieves by the sheer force of her magnetic personality a brilliant star in the diadem of her many successes. Her work is daring in the extreme, human in understanding and divine in beauty.
Motion Picture Magazine
Gladys Hall (Junius)
Theda Bara must be classed among the great players of the day for her creation of this Cleopatra, and the play be ranked high among the spectacles.
Los Angeles Times
Antony Anderson
The movement of the play is stately, for it has to do with kings arid queens and mighty warriors, and its settings are in accord with its theme that of the love of Cleopatra for Mark Antony, and the overwhelming disasters to two kingdoms that followed.
Detroit Free Press
Freep Staff
Without question, the film should prove Miss Bara's crowning success... Cleopatra deserves to rank with the few truly great pictures. Historic facts have been followed closely, even when it demanded [the] reproduction of ancient cities and palaces.
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward A. Morphy
[Cleopatra presents] half a dozen of the most artistically beautiful scenes that have ever been photographed.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Inquirer Staff
The battle scene was so well handled as to merit special praise. Even the Sphinx looked on with wondering eyes.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Richard L. Stokes
Scenery and costumes no more constitute a dramatic masterpiece in the movies than they do in the theater. There must be an architecture in the plot, a scientific employment of the stresses and strains of motives.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PG Staff
Theda Bara's vivid portrayal of the famous Egyptian Queen stands out as one of the most daring characterizations ever presented in motion pictures.
Boston Globe
Globe Staff
Especially effective are the desert scenes... There are furious races across the desert sands, by way of contrast a furious sea battle, and the struggle raging in the city of Alexandria between the armies of Cleopatra and of Octavius Caesar.
San Francisco Examiner
SF Examiner Staff
Chief interest, however, naturally centers in Theda Bara for her vivid portrayal of the most notable siren in all history.
Miami Herald
Miami Herald Staff
The costumes are wonderful and are said to have cost a king's ransom. Theda Bara is splendid in the title role.
Hartford Courant
Courant Staff
This is the occasional screen production that startles by its magnificence and by the hugeness of its representation.
Austin American-Statesman
Statesman Staff
It is only fitting that the most famous modern "vampire" should be selected to play the part of the most famous ancient vampire. Theda Bara's interpretation of the part almost leads one to believe in the theory of transmigration of souls.
Washington Star
Star Staff
It is somewhat doubtful if the looms of Cleopatra ever weaved such glamourous draperies as conceal and reveal the royal voluptuary of the screen, but thereis no question of the startling magnificence of [Miss Bara's] costumes.
Moving Picture World
Edward Weitzel
Technically [Theda Bara's] acting commands respect without ever reaching any great tragic outburst, and is best in the lighter scenes of the part. Her dressing of the Egyptian is remarkable for the variety and beauty of the garments employed.
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